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From the pages of Harvard Business Review hear Ram Charan, adviser to top executives at companies like GE and Ford, on "Conquering a Culture of Indecision"; Leonard L. Berry, founder of Texas A&M's Center for Retailing Studies, on "The Old Pillars of New Retailing"; and more. These articles, which originally appeared in the April 2001 issue of Harvard Business Review, are offered in audio form exclusively through Audible.

Why do some people have a knack for choosing leaders who will take companies to new heights?

A serious crisis looms in American management today. More and more CEOs are failing; there remains an acute shortage of capable replacements. The true dilemma in leadership is the stagnant state of corporate leadership development. Because companies fail to hone their unit managers' leadership abilities, they are never able to fill their succession pipelines. With unit managers stagnating, companies have difficulty executing at every level, compounding the crisis.